RMHC Scholars Scholarship Application Deadline Extended Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Chattanooga offers 20-25, $2,000 college scholarships to area high school seniors who demonstrate academic achievement, community involvement and financial need. The deadline to submit an application online-only, and all required documentation, has been extended from Jan. 28-Feb. 12.
Students with an EFC (Expected Family Contribution) over $25,000 will not be eligible to apply this year. Applicants must live in the Tennessee Valley Region (eligible county list on application website). Applicants must also be high school seniors with a minimum 2.7 GPA and be eligible to attend a two or four-year college or university with a full course of study in the fall of 2021.
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Whether borrowers will resume paying their student loans on February 1 will likely be up to President-elect Joe Biden, after Congress left any pause on student loan payments and collections out of the stimulus bill passed Monday.Â
Still, the $900 billion in coronavirus aid that Congress passed will likely impact the way students finance college and make it more affordable for some.Â
As of now, the freeze on student loan payments and collections is set to expire on January 31. Part of the CARES Act, the coronavirus stimulus bill passed in March, the pause was originally set to expire on September 30, but was extended by President Donald Trump through December 31.Â
If the COVID-19 pandemic has shown anything, it is how important healthcare workers are. Thanks to the Army Emergency Relief scholarship, one young woman is closer to her goal of becoming one.
Amanda Combs, daughter of Aviation and Missile Command team member Lydia Combs, received an AER Maj. Gen. James Ursano Scholarship while attending Auburn University. After receiving her degree in nutrition science, she plans to continue her schooling to become a nurse practitioner or physicianâs assistant.
While Combs did qualify for assistance from the GI Bill due to her parents being veterans, when that money ran out, she said she was worried about paying for the remaining two years of college and her rising student loans. In-state tuition at Auburn is almost $6,000. That is when her mother found the AER scholarship and urged her to apply. Over the next two years, the scholarship funded more than $5,000 of her schooling, enabling Combs to focus on paying off her student loan debt. The